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U.S. dollar mixed against most major currencies

Xinhua, January 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

The U.S. dollar was mixed against most major currencies on Monday amid stronger-than-expected job growth in the United States.

With no major economic data due out Monday, investors were still focusing on Friday's jobs report.

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 292,000 in December, beating market estimates of 200,000, while unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.0 percent, said the U.S. Labor Department Friday. The upbeat report suggests that a recent manufacturing-led slowdown in economic growth would be temporary.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers,was up 0.25 percent at 98.745 in late trading.

In late New York trading, the euro lost to 1.0875 dollars from 1.0902 dollars of the previous session, and the British pound increased to 1.4548 dollars from 1.4522 dollars. The Australian dollar went down to 0.6982 dollar from 0.6984 dollar.

The dollar bought 117.5 Japanese yen, lower than 117.67 yen of the previous session. The greenback moved up to 0.9997 Swiss franc from 0.9955 Swiss franc, and moved up to 1.4222 Canadian dollars from 1.4138 Canadian dollars. Enditem